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interventionist

/ ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪst /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or advocating intervention, esp in the affairs of a foreign country

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an interventionist person or state

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

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The U.S. is “a lot weaker” than it used to be, he said, and it “can’t be as active and interventionist as we might otherwise be.”

The current president hasn't hesitated to criticise Cheney and his interventionist foreign policy views in the past, however.

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He also continued to press his dark view of international threats and his interventionist leanings.

Some children may need further assistance, such as help from the school’s reading interventionist.

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The country's notoriously interventionist panel of nine appointed judges has ruled that Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in a phone call she had in June with the veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen, which he then leaked.

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